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Sue E. Gollifer; Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir; Renata Emilsson Peskova – Human Rights Education Review, 2024
As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been incorporated into domestic policy, Iceland has a legal obligation to respond to children's linguistic human rights in schools. Increasing language diversity is addressed in both policy and practice, informed by the inclusive education principles that underpin the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Civil Rights, Accountability, Multilingualism
Lin, Li Li – ProQuest LLC, 2022
China's rising economy has increased the popularity of learning the Chinese language. Chinese immersion programs have gained popularity in K-12 education, particularly for younger learners. However, research on the optimal instruction design for Chinese and English biliteracy development in one-way Chinese immersion programs is scarce. This…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingualism, Accountability, English (Second Language)
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Straubhaar, Rolf – Berkeley Review of Education, 2021
Ideologies regarding what is "good" teaching undergird common teaching practices and pedagogical decisions, which may support and/or run counter to the broader policy environment in which they occur (Gibson, 1998). Drawing from a six-month ethnography of 10th-grade newcomer students from Mexico and their teachers in a Central Texas…
Descriptors: Accountability, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Ethnography
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MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona; Dawson, Susan – Language and Education, 2021
The introduction of assessment orientated policy in 2016 marks a significant change in Scottish education as it will establish standardised national testing. Teachers in Gaelic medium education are well placed to offer insights as they have had considerable autonomy regarding assessment and this paper is the first to consider the impact of this…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
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Abedi, Jamal – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
A fair and valid assessment for every child, as mandated by legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and the Improving America's School Act of 1994, must consider the complexity inherent in assessments for subgroups of students. Due to the rapid growth of the population of English language learners (ELLs) in the United…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking